TAB 15. 



Tribe Ophryde.^. 



Siib-tiihe Habexarie-*:. 



Genus Bartholixa. 



Bartholina Ethelae, Bolus, in Joum. Linn. Soc, vol. xx. 

 (188-i), p. 472. — Herba erecta gracilis, flore excepto, pilosa, 

 15-25 cm. alta : folium humistratum, per anthesin marcescens, 

 orbiculare, 2-3 cm. diam. ; scapus strictus, 1- vel rarissime 2fl., 

 floribus horizontalibus ; bractea? cucullatae ovatce obtus^e apiculat^e, 

 pedicellis aequilong-ae ; sepala demum reflexa, lineari-lanceolata 

 acuta, basi in processum semitubulatum connata, l"2-l*-4 cm. 

 longa ; petala erecta, oblongo-falcata obtusa, sepalis paullo 

 long-iora ; labellum patens, cum calcare 4-4 "o cm. longum, circuitu 

 fere orbiculare, obscure Slobum, lobis multisectis, segmentis 

 patenti-incurvis, apice dilatatis quasi in pulvillos albos desinen- 

 tibus, calcare acuto, 0"6-l"l cm. longo ; anthera erecta oblonga 

 acuta, loculis tortis, connectivo apice producto ; pollinia oblonga, 

 caudiculis linearibus rigidis ; glandulcE basi vix protrusae, supra 

 aditum angustum versus stigma ducentem positae ; stigma 

 ovoideum madidum, summo ovario insidens ; ovarium curvatum, 

 cum pedicello 2 cm. longum. (Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie.) 



Hab. : South-western Region ; without locality. Rev. W. 

 Rogers! Sir F. Grey! under shrubs at the foot of dry hills facing 

 the sea, Kalk Bay, alt. 45 met., fl. Dec, Ethel Bolus! (Herb. 

 Norm. Aust.-Afr., 500.) Muizenberg, alt. 360 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 

 4850 ! Zwartebergen, near Caledon, alt. 450 met., fl. Oct., 

 R. Schlechter, 5600 ! Zwartberg Pass, near Prince Albert, alt. 

 1500 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 11637 ! Nieuwveld Mts., alt. 1800 met., 

 fl. Nov., F. A. Gulhrie ! Forest Hall, Knysna, fl. Nov., Caroline 

 Neiodigate ! 



Plate 15. Fig. 1, lip x \\ diams. ; 2, column and petals, 

 front view x 8 ; 3, flower, side view, nat. size ; 4, ditto after 

 removal of petals and lip, to show the position of the stigma ; 

 5, tip of one of the segments of the labellum ; 6, pollinium ; 7, 

 column, front view ; 8, ditto, the anther cells opened and showing 

 the position of the pollinia — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender herb, all parts, the flower excepted, pilose, 



